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CRI vs. COLM, PVH, HBI, GIII, OXM, MOV, FOSL, VRA, TPR, and RL

Should you be buying Carter's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carter's include Columbia Sportswear (COLM), PVH (PVH), Hanesbrands (HBI), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), Oxford Industries (OXM), Movado Group (MOV), Fossil Group (FOSL), Vera Bradley (VRA), Tapestry (TPR), and Ralph Lauren (RL). These companies are all part of the "apparel accessories & luxury goods" industry.

Carter's vs. Its Competitors

Columbia Sportswear (NASDAQ:COLM) and Carter's (NYSE:CRI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Columbia Sportswear has higher revenue and earnings than Carter's. Carter's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Columbia Sportswear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Columbia Sportswear$3.37B1.05$223.27M$3.9116.32
Carter's$2.84B0.40$185.51M$4.526.97

47.8% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% of Columbia Sportswear shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Carter's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Columbia Sportswear has a net margin of 6.61% compared to Carter's' net margin of 5.80%. Carter's' return on equity of 23.50% beat Columbia Sportswear's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Columbia Sportswear6.61% 12.57% 7.97%
Carter's 5.80%23.50%8.27%

Columbia Sportswear presently has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.67%. Carter's has a consensus price target of $36.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Given Carter's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carter's is more favorable than Columbia Sportswear.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Columbia Sportswear
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Carter's
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.40

Columbia Sportswear pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Carter's pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Columbia Sportswear pays out 30.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Carter's pays out 22.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Carter's is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Columbia Sportswear has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carter's has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Columbia Sportswear and Columbia Sportswear both had 4 articles in the media. Carter's' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Columbia Sportswear's score of 0.29 indicating that Carter's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Columbia Sportswear
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Carter's
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Columbia Sportswear beats Carter's on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRI vs. The Competition

MetricCarter'sSHOES&REL APPRL IndustryDiscretionary SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.15B$15.45B$8.27B$20.63B
Dividend Yield3.11%3.38%3.19%3.75%
P/E Ratio6.9715.7820.9928.08
Price / Sales0.401.333.3054.17
Price / Cash3.8611.5617.3722.31
Price / Book1.333.064.624.59
Net Income$185.51M$520.98M$212.83M$985.44M
7 Day Performance4.75%3.80%3.37%2.78%
1 Month Performance-0.32%4.62%10.66%5.41%
1 Year Performance-49.00%-8.66%10.44%14.61%

Carter's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRI
Carter's
3.5153 of 5 stars
$31.49
-2.2%
$36.80
+16.9%
-49.0%$1.15B$2.84B6.9715,350
COLM
Columbia Sportswear
3.9427 of 5 stars
$60.27
-0.2%
$70.00
+16.1%
-16.7%$3.33B$3.37B15.419,780Positive News
PVH
PVH
4.9041 of 5 stars
$63.34
-2.0%
$98.27
+55.1%
-30.3%$3.04B$8.65B8.9328,000Positive News
HBI
Hanesbrands
2.5596 of 5 stars
$4.48
+1.1%
$5.75
+28.3%
-0.5%$1.58B$3.52B-5.3341,000Positive News
GIII
G-III Apparel Group
3.2204 of 5 stars
$21.79
-0.8%
$27.80
+27.6%
-11.3%$943.73M$3.18B5.044,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
OXM
Oxford Industries
4.695 of 5 stars
$39.99
-3.0%
$55.80
+39.5%
-56.3%$597.47M$1.52B7.776,000
MOV
Movado Group
4.97 of 5 stars
$15.13
+0.5%
$31.50
+108.2%
-33.3%$336.49M$650.77M18.921,456
FOSL
Fossil Group
3.9538 of 5 stars
$1.30
-4.4%
N/A+13.5%$69.72M$1.15B-0.725,200Analyst Forecast
VRA
Vera Bradley
0.9925 of 5 stars
$2.07
-3.7%
N/A-56.2%$57.82M$371.97M-0.661,725
TPR
Tapestry
4.462 of 5 stars
$85.80
+1.7%
$88.78
+3.5%
+125.8%$17.82B$6.67B22.5818,600Positive News
RL
Ralph Lauren
4.6591 of 5 stars
$270.54
+2.4%
$292.88
+8.3%
+66.6%$16.32B$7.08B23.3023,400Positive News

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